Hotel africa
Subtitle: the politics of escape
By: Pascal G. Zachary
Publisher: Createspace
Published: 2012
Place of publication: North Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9781466283343
Subjects: Politics and government; African National characteristics; Political culture; Social conditions
Description: Stories we tell about Africa (and those we don't) -- "Trouble" with Africans -- The skeptic's guide to aid -- The disease -- The cure -- Until the peasant revolution -- Rwanda's post-genocide capitalism -- Uganda's humanitarian wars -- In Malawi, charity is not enough -- Freedom rang first in Ghana -- Hotel Africa -- Made for export -- Aga Khan's Africa -- Measuring inequality, or who eats ice cream in Accra? -- Cheap chickens -- From Memphis to Lira: King Cotton comes home -- Everyday corruption in Uganda -- Primary education -- Darfur's ambiguous legacy -- Cocoa Socialism -- Chimpanzees politics -- Climate change -- A new map for Africa -- Education of an extrordinary African -- Mask and statue -- Mud people and super farmers -- Africa's Obama fantasy -- The end of poverty -- The politics of escape.
Table of contents: title: Stories we tell about Africa (and those we don't); title: "Trouble" with Africans; title: The skeptic's guide to aid; title: The disease; title: The cure; title: Until the peasant revolution; title: Rwanda's post-genocide capitalism; title: Uganda's humanitarian wars; title: In Malawi, charity is not enough; title: Freedom rang first in Ghana; title: Hotel Africa; title: Made for export; title: Aga Khan's Africa; title: Measuring inequality, or who eats ice cream in Accra?; title: Cheap chickens; title: From Memphis to Lira: King Cotton comes home; title: Everyday corruption in Uganda; title: Primary education; title: Darfur's ambiguous legacy; title: Cocoa Socialism; title: Chimpanzees politics; title: Climate change; title: A new map for Africa; title: Education of an extrordinary African; title: Mask and statue; title: Mud people and super farmers; title: Africa's Obama fantasy; title: The end of poverty; title: The politics of escape.